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Recent Examples of disingenuous
Such disingenuous opportunists should be shunned and condemned.
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Republicans say Democrats are being disingenuous by not supporting this seven-week solution.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
These issues are very real and generally speaking there are very few, if any, magic combinations of settings to cure these problems for many players, and pretending like that’s true is either disingenuous or misinformed.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The letter reiterates the coalition’s gripe that the public process with the zoning plan has been disingenuous, with the Wu administration purportedly ignoring all of its feedback.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
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Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Republicans say Democrats are being disingenuous by not supporting this seven-week solution.
—Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
These issues are very real and generally speaking there are very few, if any, magic combinations of settings to cure these problems for many players, and pretending like that’s true is either disingenuous or misinformed.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The letter reiterates the coalition’s gripe that the public process with the zoning plan has been disingenuous, with the Wu administration purportedly ignoring all of its feedback.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disingenuous
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Matthiessen, not without reason, portrays the Bureau as paranoid, dishonest, and in league with corporate interests.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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For that incredibly dishonest assessment that actually did a disservice to the country, Obama is held up to widespread praise by Democrats and others, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.—
Joe Battenfeld,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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The bank temporarily increased its numbers until its deceitful actions became public, leading to $185 million in fines and continuous significant expenses for rebuilding customer trust.—
Boris Kontsevoi,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Officers making contact with Hyatt noted an odor of intoxicants, staggering gait, confusion and illogical, untruthful responses to questions, according to the motion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
18 Aug. 2025
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The deficient vice of integrity is being fake, untruthful, inconsistent, unprincipled, and manipulative.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The drama between them is no longer real and relatable, but contrived and silly.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Prince of Pennsylvania is a thoroughly contrived and mediocre comedy, featuring Reeves with an incredibly unfortunate haircut.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, his latest mistake is very hypocritical and raises some questions about double standards in his coaching.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Most of these hypocritical legislators are near the completion of their involvement in the Capitol thanks to term limits.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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These techniques can sometimes feel unnatural.—
Christine Buzan,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Drafting in English and translating often produces stilted, unnatural messages.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The series then retreats to 2019 to trace the circumstances that led to these killings, building toward the inevitability of Maggie and Paul’s death and filtering the whole family through a lens of catastrophe, where every member is either ill-fated or devious.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps Munro’s most popular role is as Betty’s devious dad, Hal Cooper, on Riverdale (2017–2023).—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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In the first season, tThe drama based on James Patterson’s best-selling novel series saw Cross pursue a narcissistic serial killer played by Ryan Eggold and uncover Miss Nancy as an assumed stalker endangering his family.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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The album’s final first-week sales number is expected to be announced on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with its assumed large debut on the multi-metric Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Oct. 18).—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Disingenuous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disingenuous. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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